Which to use
“isolée” and “isolées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,179
- “isolée” frequency rank
- #14,292
- “isolées” frequency rank
- 24471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | isolée | isolées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de isolé. | Féminin pluriel de isolé. |
Same sound, different letters: isolée vs isolées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. isolée runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against isolées's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - isolée and isolées
This is the hard kind. isolée and isolées are pronounced identically (\i.zɔ.le\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “isolée” sits inside “isolées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
isolée is recorded at frequency rank #10,179, classified as anadj, pronounced \i.zɔ.le\. isolées is at rank #14,292, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.zɔ.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24471, this pair ranks #346,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of isolée vs isolées
Shared letters: eilosé. Private to "isolée": -. Private to "isolées": -.
"isolée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "isolées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "isolée" and "isolées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "isolée" vs "isolées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "isolée" / "isolées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "isolée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "isolées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #346,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "isolée" and "isolées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "isola vs isolée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #346,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.